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Acme United Corporation (ACU)

Consumer Defensive | Household & Personal Products | Shelton, United States | NYSE American
46.03 USD +1.07 (2.380%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 46.03

Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★☆☆
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 3:20 p.m. EDT

Acme United Corporation (ACU) shows a moderate short-term momentum with recent price fluctuations, but there isn't a clear upward or downward trend. The stock has been trading near its 50-day average, and the recent price dip could present a potential buy-the-dip opportunity. However, the lack of strong upward momentum and the relatively low predicted price change in the next 45 days suggest a cautious approach. For long-term investors, ACU's consistent dividend payments and relatively stable fundamentals indicate a moderate buy-and-hold potential, though the stock's overall risk profile is moderate. The dividend yield and payout ratio are reasonable, but not exceptional, making it a moderate choice for dividend-focused investors. Overall, ACU is neither a strong short-term trade nor a top long-term pick, but it could be considered for a balanced portfolio.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.022649
MSTL0.061114
AutoARIMA0.061973
AutoETS0.064495

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 80%
H-stat 0.23
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.299
Excess Kurtosis -1.10
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Defensive
Ex Dividend Date 2026-03-24
Last Dividend Date 2026-03-24
Debt to Equity Ratio 24.417
Revenue per Share 51.895
Market Cap 175,292,592
Trailing P/E 18.49
Forward P/E 20.55
Beta 0.68
Profit Margins 5.18%
Website https://www.acmeunited.com

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.36% 1.54% 1.65% 1.80%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-25 0.16 0.360117
2026-01-06 0.16 0.401042
2025-10-03 0.16 0.404157
2025-07-03 0.16 0.370979
2025-03-26 0.15 0.384401
2025-01-06 0.15 0.429801
2024-10-04 0.15 0.364448
2024-07-02 0.15 0.445142
2024-03-27 0.15 0.335497
2024-01-04 0.15 0.360423
2023-10-03 0.14 0.523016
2023-06-30 0.14 0.585745
2023-03-30 0.14 0.642637
2023-01-05 0.14 0.682676
2022-09-30 0.14 0.646162
2022-06-30 0.14 0.472473
2022-03-31 0.13 0.413525
2022-01-06 0.13 0.420229
2021-09-30 0.13 0.429641
2021-07-01 0.13 0.315438
2021-03-31 0.13 0.359115
2021-01-07 0.13 0.459896
2020-09-30 0.12 0.572029
2020-07-01 0.12 0.585214
2020-04-03 0.12 0.665645
2020-01-07 0.12 0.569397
2019-09-30 0.12 0.672281
2019-07-01 0.12 0.632635
2019-04-01 0.12 0.829923
2019-01-07 0.12 0.870703
2018-10-01 0.11 0.588082
2018-06-29 0.11 0.613644
2018-03-29 0.11 0.614257
2018-01-05 0.11 0.549400
2017-10-02 0.11 0.546318
2017-07-18 0.11 0.467728
2017-03-30 0.10 0.427808
2017-01-04 0.10 0.494514
2016-09-29 0.10 0.570835
2016-06-29 0.10 0.660583
2016-03-30 0.10 0.737651
2016-01-05 0.10 0.703040
2015-09-29 0.09 0.641252
2015-06-29 0.09 0.614141
2015-03-31 0.09 0.608064
2015-01-06 0.09 0.586363
2014-09-29 0.09 0.676110
2014-06-27 0.08 0.598511
2014-04-01 0.08 0.610559
2014-01-06 0.08 0.679433
2013-09-27 0.08 0.674947
2013-06-13 0.08 0.802588
2013-04-02 0.07 0.739815
2012-12-05 0.07 0.823908
2012-09-27 0.07 0.795249
2012-06-28 0.07 0.915965
2012-04-02 0.07 0.888662
2012-01-05 0.07 0.974179
2011-09-29 0.07 0.967231
2011-06-30 0.06 0.852687
2011-04-04 0.06 0.850916
2011-01-05 0.06 0.824384
2010-09-29 0.06 0.782200
2010-06-29 0.05 0.619583
2010-03-31 0.05 0.633704
2010-01-06 0.05 0.761735
2009-10-16 0.05 0.701514
2009-07-01 0.05 0.779123
2009-04-01 0.05 0.945009
2009-01-06 0.05 0.948721
2008-10-16 0.05 0.674391
2008-07-01 0.04 0.416817
2008-04-02 0.04 0.439938
2008-01-04 0.04 0.420826
2007-10-10 0.04 0.369557
2007-07-03 0.04 0.389257
2007-04-03 0.04 0.412577
2007-01-04 0.03 0.311178
2006-10-11 0.03 0.291245
2006-07-05 0.03 0.303030
2006-04-05 0.03 0.303450
2006-01-06 0.03 0.309374
2005-10-05 0.03 0.312222
2005-07-06 0.03 0.231251
2005-04-06 0.02 0.212655
2005-01-06 0.02 0.217141
2004-10-06 0.02 0.328106
2004-07-06 0.02 0.427472
1993-02-08 0.05 1.333551
1992-11-09 0.05 1.441337
1992-08-10 0.05 1.455197
1992-05-04 0.05 1.402094
1992-02-04 0.05 1.111526
1991-11-04 0.05 1.362896
1991-08-05 0.04 1.176398
1991-05-06 0.04 1.274110
1991-02-04 0.04 1.167622
1990-11-05 0.06 2.157479
1990-08-06 0.06 1.484206
1990-05-09 0.04 1.356724
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.64
dividendYield 1.39
exDividendDate 2026-03-25
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.63
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.014012456
lastDividendValue 0.16
lastDividendDate 2026-03-25
dividendDate 2026-04-15

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.09712052
Address1 1 Waterview Drive
Address2 Suite 200
All Time High 50.99
All Time Low 0.8125
Ask 46.6
Ask Size 300
Audit Risk 9
Average Daily Volume10 Day 17,730
Average Daily Volume3 Month 15,352
Average Volume 15,352
Average Volume10Days 17,730
Beta 0.677
Bid 45.95
Bid Size 100
Board Risk 9
Book Value 30.896
City Shelton
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 7
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 46.03
Current Ratio 4.206
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 46.5
Day Low 44.6801
Debt To Equity 24.417
Display Name Acme United
Dividend Date 1,776,211,200
Dividend Rate 0.64
Dividend Yield 1.39
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,776,960,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,776,960,000
Earnings Growth 0.094
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.099
Earnings Timestamp 1,776,947,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,776,947,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,776,947,400
Ebitda 21,071,228
Ebitda Margins 0.107209995
Enterprise To Ebitda 9.511
Enterprise To Revenue 1.02
Enterprise Value 200,413,280
Eps Forward 2.24
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 2.49
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,774,396,800
Exchange ASE
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 44.3428
Fifty Day Average Change 1.6871986
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.038048986
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 9.712052
Fifty Two Week High 47.31
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.2800026
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.027055645
Fifty Two Week Low 35.5
Fifty Two Week Low Change 10.529999
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.29661968
Fifty Two Week Range 35.5 - 47.31
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 322,151,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.63
Float Shares 2,997,225
Forward Eps 2.24
Forward P E 20.549107
Free Cashflow 2,433,386
Full Exchange Name NYSE American
Full Time Employees 649
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.39386
Gross Profits 77,409,848
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.11301
Held Percent Institutions 0.73850995
Implied Shares Outstanding 3,808,225
Industry Household & Personal Products
Industry Disp Household & Personal Products
Industry Key household-personal-products
Ir Website http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=99871&p=irol-IRHome
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,774,396,800
Last Dividend Value 0.16
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 428,025,600
Last Split Factor 4:3
Long Business Summary Acme United Corporation supplies cutting, measuring, first aid, and sharpening products to the school, home, office, hardware, sporting goods, and industrial markets in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. The company offers scissors, shears, knives, rulers, pencil sharpeners, paper trimmers, safety cutters, lettering products, glue guns, and other craft products under the Westcott brand name; and cutting tools under the Clauss brand. It also provides sharpening knives, scissors, chisels, skis, skates, and other edges under the DMT brand. In addition, the company offers first aid kits and safety solutions under the First Aid Only brand; portable eyewash solution and over-the-counter medication, including active ingredients aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen under the PhysiciansCare brand; bodily fluid and spill clean-up solution under the Spill Magic brand; various first aid kit, refill, and safety supplies, including CPR kits, burn kits, and automotive and emergency first aid kits under the First Aid Central; first aid kits for the promotional products industry under Safety Made brand; alcohol prep pads, alcohol wipes, benzalkonium chloride wipes, various antiseptic wipes under the Med-Nap brand, and Pac-Kit, as well as My Medic brands. It sells its products directly and through its independent manufacturer representatives to wholesale, contract, and retail stationery distributors; office supply superstores, mass market retailers, industrial and medical distributors, school supply distributors, drug store retailers, sporting goods stores, hardware chains, and wholesale florists, as well as through its websites. The company was formerly known as Acme Shear Company and changed its name to Acme United Corporation in 1971. Acme United Corporation was founded in 1867 and is based in Shelton, Connecticut.
Long Name Acme United Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 175,292,592
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_247812
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 10,184,421
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 175,292,596
Number Of Analyst Opinions 1
Open 45.49
Operating Cashflow 18,229,448
Operating Margins 0.06103
Overall Risk 6
Payout Ratio 0.253
Peg Ratio 1.54
Phone 203 254 6060
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 46.03
Post Market Time 1,776,464,221
Previous Close 44.96
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.4898368
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.89188445
Profit Margins 0.051820002
Quick Ratio 1.429
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 1.07
Regular Market Change Percent 2.37989
Regular Market Day High 46.5
Regular Market Day Low 44.6801
Regular Market Day Range 44.6801 - 46.5
Regular Market Open 45.49
Regular Market Previous Close 44.96
Regular Market Price 46.03
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,000
Regular Market Volume 21,938
Return On Assets 0.05524
Return On Equity 0.09069
Revenue Growth 0.034
Revenue Per Share 51.895
Sand P52 Week Change 0.36506534
Sector Consumer Defensive
Sector Disp Consumer Defensive
Sector Key consumer-defensive
Share Holder Rights Risk 2
Shares Outstanding 3,808,225
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0226
Shares Short 86,159
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 78,771
Short Name Acme
Short Percent Of Float 0.0341
Short Ratio 4.59
Source Interval 15
State CT
Symbol ACU
Target High Price 53.0
Target Low Price 53.0
Target Mean Price 53.0
Target Median Price 53.0
Total Cash 3,595,978
Total Cash Per Share 0.944
Total Debt 28,716,658
Total Revenue 196,541,824
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.63
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.014012456
Trailing Eps 2.49
Trailing P E 18.485943
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 41.53705
Two Hundred Day Average Change 4.4929504
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.1081673
Type Disp Equity
Volume 21,938
Website https://www.acmeunited.com
Zip 6,484